Haisman Shield | Gallery | Shepparton United shocks Nagambie to ride into Christmas break on a high

It then backed up its success with the bat with a clinical bowling display, as all five bowlers added to the wicket tally to dismiss star-studded Nagambie for 107.

Shepparton United’s second win of the 2022-23 Cricket Shepparton Haisman Shield campaign, Nash said it was pleasing to see his side play up to its potential.

“I was really proud of the win we had yesterday,” Nash said.

“It was just a good all round performance which was something I think we have probably struggled with over the past month or so, stringing our batting and bowling together in the same game.

“Yesterday showed we can match it with the top sides which is a very promising sign moving into the next portion of the season.”

Winning the toss and batting first, United found itself in all sorts of trouble early as openers Connor and Tyler Green departed within the first two overs to have it reeling at 2-5.

Bringing the experience of Bari to the crease, he went about building the recovery effort beautifully, as he absorbed the pressure of the Nagambie attack and took the opportunity to score when they presented.

Initially partnered by Steven Tate (20), the pair added 38 for the third wicket before star all-rounder Mahesh Kodamullage (34) came to the crease and played with confidence.

Proving the perfect foil for Bari, the duo put on a 74-run stand to swing the game in United’s favour.

“When (Rehan) came in we were obviously under the pump, so for him to play a really patient and classy innings it was huge for us,” Nash said.

“He is a pretty reliable person to have in the team and we always can rely on him to do the job, and having him set allowed the rest of the team to bat around him with confidence.

“Watching Rehan go about his business like that was very exciting cricket to watch.”

The Lakers would wrestle back some control by dismissing the two set batters in quick time and skipper Mark Nolan taking a trio of wickets to finish with figures of 4-31.

But Harwinder Singh quickly picked up the slack, with his 37 off 43 balls helping lift the home team to a healthy total of 8-187.

Despite having the runs on the board, United was well aware the job was only half done as it returned to the field for the second innings.

Led by a band of young quicks Joe Hammond (2-25) and Hamish McGregor (2-22) continued on from the good work of the batters, taking key wickets to have the Lakers reeling at 4-38.

The spin of Kodamullage (3-18) and Bari (2-15) then took over through the middle portion of the innings, as the pair once again combined beautifully to take five wickets and bowl Nagambie out for 107.

“It was a really solid, well-rounded bowling performance, we knew we had to take wickets early to counter their class batters and Joe Hammond and Hamish McGregor did an outstanding job of that,” Nash said.

“Those two boys really set the platform and then Rehan and Mahesh came on and cleaned up the tail which was really good.”

A landmark win for this young United side, Nash said the result would give it a lot of confidence as it looks to make a finals push from ninth spot after Christmas.

“This was a super important win for us, leading into Christmas we set out a goal of winning two of our last three games and, while we only got one, beating a team like Nagambie just gives us so much confidence,” he said.

“This win really just shows we are on the right path and able to contend against the best, this would absolutely be up there with one of the better wins we’ve had over the past few years.”